Well, life has been a bit nutty for the last couple months. The boyfriend and I split. At the beginning of November, end of October I had some weird issues. I'd eat something and then get really nauseated about 30 mins to an hour later. I went to the ER a couple of times and they didn't find anything really wrong. My regular doctor thinks I need my gall bladder removed or an exploratory laparotomy. (See what you can learn from watching Grey's anatomy? )

That was November. I ended up on short term disability. The weekend before thanksgiving I developed a peritonsillar abscess. I went to immediate care instead of the ER, which was a stupid decision. The antibiotics I picked up from immediate care didn't really work, and I ended up getting sent to the ER so my ear nose and throat doc could lance the abscess. I had my tonsils removed.

With all these illnesses, I ended up basically missing the entire holiday season. I didn't make it to any of the work holiday parties, I didn't get a chance to go out and do any holiday shopping, etc.

I actually lost weight during the holidays, but when you can't swallow anything, it's easy to lose weight. Not the best way to lose weight, but I did loose some. Hopefully I can keep some of the weight off.

As of today the abdomen pain is still not resolved and I've had a bunch of tests, which are not showing anything as being really abnormal, other than the pain. I see a GI specialist on Monday. I'm not expecting anything great for a while. I saw a surgeon earlier this week and he's not convinced that taking my gall bladder out would fix the problem. I believe he's going to wait and see what GI does.

Blah.

I want my life back.